Every teacher must know about this...

Doctopus is the must have Google Sheets add-on for teachers.  It allows teachers to set up a class folder structure within Google Drive, so that documents can easily be shared.  Think of Doctopus as your replacement for the copy machine.  Instead of taking that reading log template to the copy machine, making 25 copies, and then handing one to each student...Doctopus allows you to share that reading log electronically and provides you with access to each student's copy so that you can see their progress on it ANY time you choose.

Check out YouTube for a video on using Doctopus to create classes for more information.

Chromebook Files

Once  you have opened your Chromebook and gotten over your awe at how fast it booted up, you might wonder what to do about files.  Hopefully, this will help.

Q: “How do I get my files on to my Chromebook?”  

A: First off, your Chromebook can access all files that you have saved in your Google Drive, so you don't NEED to move files to it...Plus, most files that are not already in Google Drive might not work on the Chromebook.

Buuuuuut, if you REALLY want to move files to the Chromebook, you can do so by doing one of the following two options.

Option 1

1) Open up Google Drive on your PC.

2) Click New, then Upload File.  The files will then show up in your Google Drive.

3) Open up Drive on your Chromebook.

4) Right click on the file you wish to download

5) Click on Download

Option 2

1. Save your PC files to a USB jump drive or an SD card
2. Plug the USB jump drive or SD card into your Chromebook
3. Open the Files app
4. Copy and paste the needed files from the USB jump drive or SD card into the Downloads folder.

Google Docs Voice Typing

Google Docs has been updated to now allow voice typing.  Simply do the following:
- click on the Tools menu
- click on Voice typing
- If you are prompted to allow your microphone to function, click on "allow"
- click on the microphone on the left side of your screen
- Start talking and watch the words appear on your screen.  You can even verbally state punctuation, such as "period" for the end of a sentence.

Have any students that might benefit from this?